# An op-ed by Prof. Roy Smith on Barclays' strategic dilemma

1 Faculty News August 13, 2012 ![Financial News logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030513.jpg?itok=TpE2KEls)>

Excerpt from [Financial News](http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2012-08-13/barclays-must-address-the-strategic-dilemma) -- "The board’s new leadership team will, most importantly, have to decide the future course of the bank – to stick with Diamond’s strategy, or pull back to a less risky, less prominent role."

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